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Dassalo second from left at live recording of The Little Dum Dum Club Hawthorn May 2013
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Born |
Thomas Howard Alsop 28 August 1986 Malvern, Australia |
Nationality | Australia |
Occupation | Stand-Up Comedian |
Website | www.tommydassalo.com |
Tommy Dassalo (born Thomas Howard Alsop) is a comedian, writer and actor based in Melbourne, Australia. He co-hosts "The Little Dum Dum Club", a comedy podcast with Kyle Chandler. He also is a third of the Filthy Casuals podcast, co-hosting it with Ben Vernel and Adam Knox.
Born in 1986, Dassalo was raised in the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne. He was an only child. When he was young he was diagnosed with aplastic anemia, a rare bone marrow disease. This became the subject of his one-man stand-up show Pipsqueak' in 2012.
Dassalo has worked as a semi-professional stand-up comedian, as a writer for television and as an actor. In October 2010 Dassalo and Chandler] began recording a weekly comedy podcast, "The Little Dum Dum Club", to promote the work of fellow comedians.
He is currently the host of "Filthy Casuals", a video-game themed comedy podcast, featuring Ben Vernel and Adam Knox. He also co-hosts a sports podcast called "You Beauty" with his friend Sam Gray.
Dassalo has been performing stand-up comedy since he was 13 years old. He has performed thirteen one-man shows to date at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.